\npmonster{Asura}
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\quot{``And for revenge thou hast created this demon. Her domain is darkness -- her purpose is wickedness''}

\desc{The Asura appear as relatively attractive, if distant and cruel humans. As the only type of Demon that is not constitutively required to eat or torture people to death, they are the most likely to have neutral or positive relations with residents of the mortal world. Nevertheless, Asura very rarely behave in any manner that could be even generously described as less than unnecessarily dickish. While they gain no literal sustenance from harming people, they are often pressed into the service of powerful Ifrit to do so and just plain seem to like doing it.}

\desc{Some Asura have wings that resemble those of swans or bats growing from their backs. The ones that don't have either wheels of fire or tiny clouds appear under their feet when they fly. While technically an Asura was never a human, they are close enough in appearance and capabilities that their attribute ranges before Potency modifiers are human standard.}

\desc{Asura are superficially similar to Daeva, and it is primarily for this reason that Daeva were often subject to persecution by Sabbat forces about 400 years ago. More extensive investigations recognize many key differences. For example, while a Daeva is born as a human luminary and is converted into a Vampire upon death at another's hands, an Asura comes into being by coalescing out of ash in Limbo, already fully grown. Blood flows in the veins of a Daeva only when they have recently fed, while blood does not actually exist inside an Asura at all -- when their skin is broken it cracks like porcelain and a fine ash drifts out.}

\desc{Asura easily insinuate themselves in leadership positions in the mortal world because of their tremendous and magically augmented presence. These qualities are held in no esteem whatsoever in Demonic culture, and mere likability is treated with extreme contempt. Virtually all Asura have been made to swear total vassalage to a more powerful Asura or Djinn. Domination, whether magical in nature or simple brute force is the currency of Demonic relationships. An Asura's power ritual is a bitter ash-eating affair that leaves their throat parched and their eyes red and raw. Asura suffer from Master Passion: Loneliness, though demonic society is actually so unsympathetic to relationships that few of them actually understand that fact.}

\noindent \desc{An Asura has an Infernal power source and a Ritual power schedule.}

\desc{\begin{list}{}{\itemspace}
    \item \ability{Asura Starting Disciplines}
    \item {}
    \item - Core Discipline: Presence -
\end{list}
\listone
    \item Awe (Basic Presence)
    \item Dread Gaze (Basic Presence)
\end{list}

\begin{list}{}{\itemspace}
    \item
    \item - Basic Disciplines -
\end{list}
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    \item Supernatural Senses (Basic Auspex)
    \item Patience of the Mountains (Basic Fortitude)
    \item Clinging (Basic Potence)
\end{list}

\begin{list}{}{\itemspace}
    \item
    \item - Advanced Disciplines -
\end{list}
\listone
    \item Flight (Potence / Presence Devotion)
    \item Majesty (Advanced Presence)
    \item Summoning (Advanced Presence)
\end{list}}

\inspiration{Succubus, Disgaea, Hell Bent}